This host has SystemTap installed and is prone to multiple Denial of
Service vulnerabilities.
Vulnerabilities Insight:
Multiple errors occur when SystemTap is running in ‘unprivileged’ mode.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerabilities Test
# $Id: secpod_systemtap_mult_dos_vuln.nasl 5122 2017-01-27 12:16:00Z teissa $
#
# SystemTap Unprivileged Mode Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
#
# Authors:
# Antu Sanadi <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 SecPod, http://www.secpod.com
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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tag_summary = "This host has SystemTap installed and is prone to multiple Denial of
Service vulnerabilities.
Vulnerabilities Insight:
Multiple errors occur when SystemTap is running in 'unprivileged' mode.
- Error within the handling of the unwind table and CIE/CFI records
- A buffer overflow error when processing a long number of parameters
- A stack overflow when processing DWARF information";
tag_solution = "Apply the patch from,
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=365293
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=365294
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=365413
*****
NOTE: Ignore this warning, if above mentioned patch is already applied.
*****";
tag_impact = "Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial
of service or compromise a vulnerable system.
Impact Level: System/Application.";
tag_affected = "SystemTap version 1.0 and prior.";
if(description)
{
script_id(901043);
script_version("$Revision: 5122 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-01-27 13:16:00 +0100 (Fri, 27 Jan 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-10-29 07:53:15 +0100 (Thu, 29 Oct 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"1.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2911");
script_bugtraq_id(36778);
script_name("SystemTap Unprivileged Mode Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2989");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529175");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/21/1");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10750");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 SecPod");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_systemtap_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("SystemTap/Ver");
script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
systapVer = get_kb_item("SystemTap/Ver");
if(systapVer != NULL)
{
if(version_is_less_equal(version:systapVer, test_version:"1.0")){
security_message(0);
}
}